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An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the �Fist of the Fleet� of Strike Fighter Squadron Two Five (VFA-25).

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An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the �Fist of the Fleet� of Strike Fighter Squadron Two Five (VFA-25).

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North Arabian Gulf (Apr. 05, 2003) An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the Fist of the Fleet of Strike Fighter Squadron Two Five (VFA-25) launches from one of four steam driven catapults on the flight deck of USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are conducting combat operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Elizabeth A. Bartneck. File# 030405-N-9951B-004

Aircraft carriers are warships that act as airbases for carrier-based aircraft. In the United States Navy, these consist of ships commissioned with hull classification symbols CV (aircraft carrier), CVA (attack aircraft carrier), CVB (large aircraft carrier), CVL (light aircraft carrier), CVN (aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion) and CVAN (attack aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion). The first aircraft carrier commissioned into the United States Navy was USS Langley (CV-1) on 20 March 1922.

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05/04/2003 - 05/04/2003
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